From 052f992488f23929dcde165ff5271d3cd726bf12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schmitt Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:44:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correction about Linux mount which does not accept session= with DVD. --- xorriso/xorriso.1 | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/xorriso/xorriso.1 index a2913231..ebbd88f0 100644 --- a/xorriso/xorriso.1 +++ b/xorriso/xorriso.1 @@ -1835,9 +1835,12 @@ on media and if the expected changes are much smaller than the full backup. An update run will probably save no time but last longer than a full backup. .br With overwriteable media like DVD+RW or disk files, the older backup versions -cannot be retrieved. But with multi-session media and mount option "session=" +cannot be retrieved. But with multi-session media and mount option "sbsector=" it is possible to access the session trees which represent the older backup -versions. +versions. sbsector of a session is its "data lba:" number from xorriso +option -toc. +With CD media, Linux mount accepts session numbers directly by its option +"session=". .br \fBDo not write more than about 50 sessions\fR to one multi-session media. Theoretical limits are higher but in practice the media deteriorate more early.